Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 24, 1876, Page 13

RELIGIOUS. The Miracle Season=--A Trip to Lourdes. hat the ‘Standard” Thinks Concerning * Filiogque.” Spurgeon and Stanley---An Attack on Church Sociables, Kotes and Personals at Home and Abroad ~~Church Services. THE MIRACLE SEASON. TIE SHRINE AT LOURDES. Londen Tumes, Sept. 2. The French mirscle season has again com- menced. The Onivers, 3s we stated yesterday, pas recxived news from Lourdes of an unusually successiul week. No less than 7,000 pilgrims vicited the place last Weduesday, and further gistant detachments were on the road. A joung girl, deaf and dumb from her birth, has peen completely cured already, and we may be sure that similar effects in other cases will shortly follow the use of the wonder-working soring. The prozpects of the scason are there- fore emcoursging, and the results of the pil- grims’ visits are, it is clear, in & certain sense, most substantial. A golden palm is to be pre- sented by the pilgrims from Italy as an offering ou bebialf of the Holy Father, and we may pre- sume that some of the band will be at least squally anxions and equally inclined to be fiberal on their own account, and will add something, accordingly, to their joint votive ift. The little village of Lourdes hns - certain- Iy every reason to fcel grateful to the powers who have chosen it for its present distinction. 1t hus thriven wonderfully since; its buildings wre of quite another character from what they were 20 vears ago; it lands have risea enor- mously in value, and its streets are thronged by erowds who would never have visited it, and probably would never have heard of it, if it had been leit to_rely upon its merely mundane at- tractions. There isno need to inguire too cu- riously into the reality of all that has been re- po to have happened at Lourdes. We had rather question nothing—not even the latest cure. It s quite enough for us that such things are stated. We arcsure thatno demonstra- tion of their untruth would convince those who now believe in_them, or those who are interest- ed in keepullg‘ up the belief of orhers. We ghould lke to know, however, to what_ extent this belief prevails. Do the crowds of devotees who visited Lourdes last weck hold, to their own satisfaction, that the place on which they have gazed_is as holy as it retends to be? Do their spiritual guides be- E‘:va it! Do the inbabitants of the village be- licveit?! Does anybody, in short, believe it? Now, these are questions to which we must not t t0o precise an answer. Skepticism may exist, we know, in quarters where it is least likely to be suspected, and so, doubtless, may faith. We cannot read men’s thoughts, We must judge as we best can their words or actlons, and we may find, after atl, that we have been in error. But the attempt, nevertheless, may be worth maling, the rather aswe may chance to pick up something of interest by the way. i Now the special claim of Lourdes upon the gratitude of some part of the Catholic world, und upon the faith and reverence of the whole, cousists in the special influence which the Virgin has been pleased to_exercise there, and which ghe has, 50 to say, domiciled in the place. It is * not only in the past that the spring which she has blessed and the shrine which she has raised in her honor have bad their good effect upon the bodies of her faithful worshipers. As our Iatest news informs us, they still continue to work in the same fashion, and they are, we may safely say, just as potent ss they ever have been: A strange part of the affair is, however, that the supplicants for the Virmn’s favor are drawn entirely from a distance, and that they do not contain just those who are most qualified to pronounce on the case, or most Lound by the verdict they have pronounced al- reauy. The people of Lourdes, it Is well known, muke no seeret of their belief that the whole thing is an imposture. They are well aware of the evidence on which the “miraculous chapter first rested, and of the credibility of the wit- messcs Lo whot the first supernatural appear- ence was revealed. They see, too, all thatis from time to time sunounced as cecurring in their very midst, and they yet remain unper- suaded. But these poor péasants, it may be said, can hardiy be thought worth talking sbout. Persous who are better fnstructed, an who have had just asgood opportunitics of judging, have taken the coutrsry view. The affair of a class which belongs pecul- farly to the priests, and those are im no doubt as to the truth of what has been scen and done. One would suppose, however, in such a case, that this body of sclect witnesses would be anxious to avail themselves of the theap and ceriain advantages which they are 50 anxious o extend to others. Is this the tase, however?! Is Lourdes frequented by seclesiastical, or rather by lay worshipers? Of the votive offcrings made Y.berrashnw many Lave come from ectiesiastical hands? Of the cures which the Virgin's presence has wronght, bow many bave been done upon the bodies of those most especially devoted to her service? It Isnot that Catholic priests are invariably care- Jess abont their health, or that they are not sble toafford_the expense of & visitto the holy spring. Either may be the case sometimes; but the facts of the case before us are not thus to be explained away. The Pyrenean watering- places are by no means cheap health-résorts, but tonsured hieads are to be scen there by the hun- dred. Health s the thing sought for, but 3t is sought, mot ~at Lourdes, not ss a supernatural gift, but as the effeet of waters to which none but the most or- dioary natural effects have been attributed. Theré may be really as great credulity shown in the une case as in the other.. We wistied only toknow whether the reverend Directors of French Pilgrimages can be thought to share the belief they impose officially on others, and we have found goud reason to suppose that they do oot. We can hardly account else for the no- torious spetacle wh{ch the Pyrenees every year present. Cauterets, Eaux Fonnes, and’ other places of the kind are seen swarming with E:imts, consumptive or dyspeptie, Who might thousht bound to testify in person to_their sonvictions of the sufficiency of Lourdes aud of the Virgin's favor. That they are not willing to doso is, perhaps, arpument enough that they are not quite as credulous as they profess them- selves; thelr neglect, on any other hypothesis, Is unaccountable. We cannot _doubt that some of the crowds who were at Lourdes last week, and who will Bock there for sume tine yet, have & more 8in- cere fajth in the efficacy and importance of what ‘hey are doing. But, even allowing this senti~ ment to be far more widely spread among them wecan thiuk it to be, it is strange, even 50, how small rather than how large is the num- ber of true Dbelievers, Seven thousand visitors inoneday fsall of which the Jwivers veaturcs 1o bosst. ~ Let us take the statement as correct, wnd let us suppose that, they have all come as tincere worshipers, and we are, wescarcely need say, making very large assumptions iu Doth cases. But, cven 0, what does the total amount to out of a_Church which boasts its tens and hundreds of millions of adhercnts? Here is 2 place, easy of access, on the direct road be- tween Paris and the Pyrences, and so marked out by the fayor of Heaven that a special bless- 15 asserted to rest upon all who pay their fespects to the influences of the holy ground. The facts of the case, too, are not such as a Catholic can dispute. His Church and the in- fallible Head of his Church: have lent their suthority to the original story on which the lame of Lourdes rests, and tlicy are bound to the miraculous events which have been going on there since. Would not every true son of the Church set forth upon this light crusade, 80 certain io be of use to himself, or to those in whose name he may perform the good work of faith and obedience { We must allow some- thing for the spiritual coldness of the age, ind for the presence of false brethren in the visible Church. But even' so the results of Khich the Univers boasts are a little meagre. We should have expected larger crowds and a much more abundant show of miracles than any %o which we have been as yet treated. Perhaps the time is not as propitious as it used to be, Tust after the great war, when France was pros- trate and the spirit of her sops for the time aroken, the chances were more favorable. Now, however, the French nation has recovered her- self and’ has grown ashamed of her old half- teartedness. There is more on &ll sides to draw men’s minds away from Lourdes, or from the Sther once favorité resort of the weak and hope- The policy of Rome in_tbe whole matter, thongh it may not have Iniled, has certainly not been as suceessful as was hoped. The talcs for which listeners were once found, and which the shurch hastencd to authenticate, have not been ISS\‘A'(éely m.‘-‘ccpwd as they seemed Itn;gyt? l;i 1nd they reflect at_present no grea el pisruntors. Tn the intezestsof Catholicism the Tiiters would. we think, do more wise), let the mutter drop, and not flannt its tnctys :': the face of au incredulous and scoffing world. ‘The !mpnst\lr«;t if it were let alone, might die out quietly. The circumstances in due time would be forgotten, or would become of merely lgeal futerest, und the Univers itself might ve able o deny safcly that any part of the story had ever been autoritatively maintained. “FILIOQUE.” WIAT THE “‘STANDARD THINKS. The last number of the Standard has the fol- lowing editorial on the “Filioque™ resolution presented at the recent meeting of the Episcopal Diocesan Convention: 1t was lke a fourth century echo whe ;: Judd, Chancellor of ‘the Dicsese of Thimerr st duced In the Episcopal Convention for the State, the other day, his resolution, printed on the eighth puge of this paper, **that the filioque with which Ihe Taith once delivered to the saints has boon overlaid_ought to be expanged from the so-called Nicene Creed, as_presented in_the Book of Com- mon Prayer.” Or rather it was like & putf of musty air out of some dim old cathedral vault, The qzestion 50 raised was once vital cnough, al- thongh now in its reappearance linble to be qnes. tioned as to whether it be n veritable thing of fesh and blood, or a spectre only. The article in the creed referred to, 83 pablished in the Eook of Com- mon Prayer, is 8 follows: Art. V. Of the Hnly Ghost. 0] o geedlig trom the 5‘.”:}.« Gnd 453 o s oF ons. b ey '{Cfl:llg lory, with the Father and the The words which we have italicised, in their Latin form, +* filioque, " ure the words in question. They involve the doctrine of the ** proceseion of the Holy Ghost.” Docs he ** procoed ™ in his mis- gion to men, from the Father and from the Son, or from the Father only? The question ia now of ‘tn- terest, chiefly, as showing the kind of question which once had power to divide Christendom, and sct its opposing sections in almost deadly array against one wnother, Scripturally, the matter docs DOt seem to be 50 altogether easy of scttlement as Mr. Chancellor Judd mafntains. *The proof tex is as fallows: But when the Comforter 18 come, who! wi g R AR ST me (JIohn, 27,0 26). ey E e Al telty v * All depends upon whether the question be treat- ed in its practical or its metaphysical form. Jesus, certainly, promises to **send " the Spirit, a pro- mice repeated in the seventh verseof the next chapter. The conmection 80 instituted Detween the mission of the Som, 88 Re- decmer, and the Spirft 85 comforter and sanctifier, is the really important matter in- volved. 'Doce the ** procceding from the Father imply more than this* Does it bave some refer- ence to the essential divine Being, and to the man- ner in which the three persons of the Trinity co- exist? This is & maiter so profoundly mempiyul- cal, and deals in such a way with things utterly in- effible und incomprehensible, that all the Lcumen- feal Coancils and Diocesan Conventions held dur- ingl, years would scem Incompetent to settle it” T the sense in which the article we have quoted is probably understood, the Spirit docs pro- ceed both from the Father and the Son; for the It ter declares, in express terms, Iiis awn personal share in the sending of the Comforter. What is more than this might, it scems tous, be left among the things not w be Wholly determined i tis life, while an excision of the ** fliogne " might seem 10 question the reality of our Lord’s part in the mis- sion of the Comforter, or the vit connection of that mission with his own. _. LONDON PREACHERS. i THEIR RELATIVE MERITS. A correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing from London under date Aug. 12, has the following sketches of three noted London preachers: Having had excellent opportunities for hearng the great preachers of London, I will give my im- pressions regarding them. It is strange that with the rum_ud\'nnufm posseseed by the Established Charch in its unfversitics, the greatest and most pular preacher in the city should be a Noncon- ormist who has had no collegiate training. Mr. Spurgeon, to whom I refer, has been over 20 years in London. There is nothing in his manner that ordinarily gives ldzregfiflherfvobulflmy. He is not sensational, an ew eccentricities. He is never 'cosrse, vulgar, mor profanc. There {s no trifing or levity in his diecourses, though there is sometimes trenchant wit. There js, however, a_carefal and thorougih exposition of tli truths of the Scriptures as he un- derstands them. Hissermons are constructed sim- ply, and clothed in tho lunguage of comaion, every. ay life. The{ are lizhted up with brillisnt metaphors, and impressed on the mind with strong illustrations drawn from various sources, but main- Iy from the Bible. The 7,000 people who go to the Tabernacle every Sundiy are held face to face with God. They are placed bencath His luw, and are poinited to the eternal judgment which avwaits them. Al this is not calcalated ordinarily to make the prezcher popular. Bat after all these years, Mr. Spurgeon bas a firmer hold upon the Kubflc than ever. 1t may well be asked how e succeeded in maintaining ond ‘Strengthen- ingit. The snewer is near at hand. He has been a most laborious student of everything connected with the Scriptures, He is thoroughly in earnest. No one guestions his sincerity. His life has been above ail reproach. Besides, he has bcen gifted with great common sense and a marvelous voice. His Iabors are almost incredible. More than 60 of ‘his sermons are published every year, und they are of such merit that they are eazerly reprinted and read by the inhabitants of two Continents. Llis lectures and preaching, and the pastoral work among the students in his training collego for reachers, are unsurpassed. Iiis exposition of the ’salms of David has grown alrcady to four large volumes, and in_acknowledged to be the best ever en to the world, being read by all, Ritualists, and Low Churchmen, and Dissenters. _ A very differcnt preacher 18 Dean Stanley. Mis sermons are as polishied in their_style as “are his lectures onthe Jewish or the Eastern Church. They are brosd enough for the most liberal. (n the sermon which he preached in Westminster Abbey, in concludinga coursc delivered by various clergriuen recently, from the text, + Guther Up the ¥ragments, ” the Dean szid they should **gath~ er up the fragments ™ of trath contalned in hymns Tike one which he quoted from Doddridge, and then he followed the hymn with a glowing culogy upon this ** grest non-conformist of the 1ast century.” *-Gather up the fragments.” he eaid again, **of truth found in the Zenda Veste, "and in the sciéntific teachings of the times. The Dean, oo, is very popalar, as might be_judged from hundreds being unable fo get admission to the Abbey on this occa- sion. Canon Liddon of St. Paals isa preacher of a differont order. His style of sermonizing might be deemed almost faultlces. His etyle and formn of expression are uncxcelled. Althoush his voice is nat over étrong, no one of the 5,000 people who sat under the great dome last Sunday afterngon need huve losta word of his discourse. Unlike Desn Stanley, Canon Liddon Jesns toward the Rita- Talists. Thia party is just now giving the Estub- lishment ‘a great deal of trouble, The Arches Court ir busy dealing with accusutions of Ritual- ism. Whatever mey be their fuults it must be ad- mitfed however that the Ritualists set in some re- spects a good cxample. St. Alban's Church, which has a confesslonal, and & system resembling that of the Rowan Catholic monasteries, {8 in Baldwin's court, & wretched place, Inhabited by the very lowsst classes, The Rector of this church, Who s been repeatedly under discipline for his ritu- alistic practices, 18 doing more for the poor people of this district than all the other churches therein. Perhaps after all be is not under discipline by *+the dudge of all the Earth, " who may look more t0 his work than Low tie doci it. CHURCH SOCIABLES. A FEW DEFECTS THEREIN. To the Editor of The Tribune. CHICAGO, Sept. 2L.—Church sociables under right management might be one of the most ef- fective means of leading young men to a Chris- tian life, and in cncouraging those already Christians. I attended one the other night, and 8s I cntered the door I found the people en- gaged in listening to some dull literary exer- cises, which were interesting ouly to the three or four boys and girls engaged in speaking. After this was ended, it was announced that the remainder of the evening would be devoted to- sociability and ice cream,—the latter item being: especially adapted wo drive away all the poorer class, and to throw a wet blanket over all the youngmen in the house. To make the last jtem more attractive, and thus gently woo the fmpecunious to come again, the cream sold at a high price. This was a sly way of extracting charity, and was well enough Tfor those who could afford it, but when it 15 considered that the object of a church sociable is to get all lasses of people—~peuniless and otherwise—to mingle together In Christian fellowship, it look- eda great deal like hypocrisy, and I thousht surely the preacher ~Wwho “sanctioned ibis indircet way of extorting charity would mot be guilty of the nconsistency of woudering why young men visited saloons, when they could hear tolerable music the whole evening for five cents invested in beer, in preference to the high-toned Christian do! -and-a-half thering. i If the pastor ehould read this he would prob- sbly pu& out bis sides and swell bis cheeks ‘more than bis brain, secures bim his Salary of $4,000), and say: “Oh, how foolish jstalk! \Why, don't you know, the young man is not obliged to bu{ the cream, and cakes, mdbonqucts.”!Yes, ‘but Tsay, whatyoungmanof any spirit, even though e has been out of em- ployment for over a_year, is willing to remain in that room and cultivate the scquaintance of the charming young ladies asscmbled there without inviting some of them to partake of the refreshments? Many young men, whose souls are 38 good as their more fortunate broth- ers, steer vlcar of just such hypocsitieal Chris- tian gatherings because they cannot afford to attend them. If they have suickel {n their ket and fecl lonesome in their dull board- ing-houses, they make a bec-line for the saloou& and sit there sll the eveuning cultivating ba habits, when, by a littel more common sense on art of Clristians, they might be under the better fnfluence of the churches. Then, again, aside from this charity-refresh- ment dodge, the experience of une Dight ina church sociable is ruough to driveany young THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. man from the church-door never to return. On the Sabbath before, the preacher invited all strangers to attend the sociable and wet ac- quainted. Many accepted the invitation. Those who were weil “acquainted mingled together, and left all strangers, for whom the affair was ostensibly gotten ub, to shift for themselves. Most of them did s0,—byretreating to the near- est corner, and looked fike sheep prepared for the slaughter. There they sat all evening, or until they became very weary of getting ac- quainted in that way, and sheepishly picked u their hats and sneaked out, cursing ‘the ehurufi 88 & miserable sham,~—a conclusfon perhaps not very wise, but certalaly justified in that partic- ular instance by the reception they had receiv- ed. Again, our worldly-wise pastor will say: “They should have beea more sociable; should have evinced a desire to get acquainted.” In just what way total strangers, and bashful at that, could have evinced a desire more than their coming there to get acquainted I fail to perceive. But even surposiug they were drawn from thelr retreat, what could they do? There were 0o games, or charades, or anything likely to in- spire sociability in a young man. All they— these strange young men—wlo were not used to good society could do was to talk about the wenther orthe crops, varying the conversation gccasionally by crossing “and recrossing their legs, or standing tirst on oue foot, and then on the other, I know it is a hard matter to entertain a large crowd so that none shall grumble at Jack of at- tention, but would it not be a good idea for pastors to bestow less work on dull sermous, which convert no one, and give more time to devising ways and means—such as games and congenial patics of fours and f¥es in- El:ninusly brought together and made to fecl at ome n the church parlors. Once you make a young man in a large city like Chicago fecl that the Churcl: is able, and willing, and apxious, to provide profitable amusement for him, and you will have done more than fifty sermons would gecomplish in winuing bim to Christ. But, pshaw! how many pastors can be made to act upon this suggestion? They furnish the sociable,—such as” it is,—aud tilen turn thelr attention to %euing all the money they can out of the poor fellows who are green enough to at- tend their socinbles. C.E.C. THE ADVENTISTS. THEIR CAMP-MEETING AT LANSING. 8pecial Correspondence nf The Tridune. LaxsING, Sept. 22.—The cncampment of Seventh-Day Adventists near this place is the centre of interest just at present. The camp s Iaid out in the form of two hollow squares, one within the other. The 120 cotton cottages which furnish temporary homes to the hundreds of campers on the grounds are arranged with per- feet regularity, and present a very plensing ap- pearance. One can easily imagine onesel! in the midst of quitea populous city,so many people are gathered within this small compass; Yet perfect order is coustantly maintained. At a session of the Geueral Conference held &t 5:30 2. m., in which 14 State Conferences were represented, the following persons were elected officers for the mext year: President, Elder James White; Secretary, C. W. Stone; Treasu- Ter, U. Smith! General Conference Comumittee, Eld. James White, Eid. 8. N. Haskell, Eld, D, M. Canright. At 9 2. m. was held the annual mecting of the stockholders of the Health Reform Institute, located at Battle Creek, Mich. The report of the workings of the institution during the last car showed the net earnings to be more than 5,000. Of the 1,441 shares held,a majority was represented by stockholders present and cer- tificates of proy: ‘The following persons were elected, by ballut, as the Board of Directors for the ensuing year: Eld. S. N. Haskell, Eld. D. M. Canright, Prof. S. Brownsberger, A. M., Prof. C. W. Stone, Dr. 37 Fairfield, r. W. B. Sprazue, and James Sawyer. This fnstitution recently celebrated its tenth an- niversary. It is in o flourishing condition, hay- ing gained a national reputation by the many curcs which bave been cffected during its ex- istence. There are now about 70 patients under treatment. At 10:30 2. m. the mammoth "tabernacle which is capable of holding 5,000 persons was com- fortably filled, though not crowded. The audience listencd with great attention to an ad- dress by the Rev. C. W. Whitford, President of the Scventb-Day Baptist Collc§: at_Milton, Wis., and delezate of that denomination to the General Conference of the Seventh-Day Ad- ventists, now 1in session here. The speaker gave an interesting sketch of the ~origin of the Seventh-Day observance in this country, He stated that the first com- pany of observers of the Seventh-Day on this continent consisted of scven members who formed an organization, 204 years ago next December, in the State of Riode Island. One of these early Sabbath-keepers was impris- oned England on account of his religious views. Instead of such a spirit of bigoted op- position at the present day, there is quite 2 gen- eral acknowledgment of the soundness of the arguments used by Seventh-Day obscrvers im support of their_positions, as shown by the re- Iuctance of the advocates of Sunday observance 1o attempt to defend their positions or engage in any discussion of thé question. The speaker claimed that the first Sabbath-sciiool ever form- ed was organized by observers of the Scventh- Day, and maintained for more than forty years. At2 p.m. was held the snnual session of the Seventh-Day Adventist Educational Soviety, ‘which represents the interests of Battle Creck College. Officers were clected for the ensuing year. RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. THE CHURCH IN GENERAL. ‘The receipts of the American Bible Society for August were $22,406.33, and the number of copies issued was 86,438. It is proposed to establish a Lay Coltege at Auburn, N. Y., for the proper training of Chris- tian men and women for church work. The Central Ohlo Methodist Conference has, by a vote of 74 to 23, refused to concur in the proposed change of the bases of representation in the General Conference. The Madison S8quare Presbyterian Church in the City of New York contains the largest mem- bership of that denomination in the United States. It numbers 1,594 communicants. The Trustees of a Congrezational Church in Michigan have closed & contract with a young ‘minister, who is to run their church for a year for the munificent renumeration of $200¢ Too cheap to be good. ‘The Imperial Government of Germany report that baptisms and religious marriages have not diminished to any considerable extent by the law which requires civil marriages and the civil registration of births. The Presbyterian women of Philadelphia have organized an_auxiliary association toward rais- ing the remaining $3,000 needed to pay for the statue of the patriot aud preacher, the Rev. Dr. Witherspoon, which is to be unveiled before the closc of the Centennial Exhibition. The corner-stone of the Metropolitan Baptist ‘Tabernacle, San Franeisco, I. 8. Kulloch, Pastor, was Jaid recently with Masonic ceremontes, The 1ot and building will cost $150,000, toward which one member of the church, Deacon Jsaae Lan- Kershine, has subseribed $100,000. The church will be free seated. Two hundred Wesleyan preachers from their conference at Nottingham, England, recently aceepted the nvitation of Canon Morse to at- tend services at St. Mary’s, and 100 of them af- terward took tes with® the canon. The Rev. William H. Milburn, the blind preacher, was present at the conference, and was invited to a seat. The sum of 32,000 is still necded for the com- pletion ui the statuc of Dr, Witherspoon, which the Presbyterians of the United States propose to unveil on the grounds of the Centennial Ex- hibition. An effort will be made to have it in readiness by the time of the mecting of the Philadelphis Synod fu the latter part of Oc- tober. Another religious order has been recently in- troduced into the Archdiocese of Philadulphia. Tuwo sisters of the Order of Poor Ciares have been authorized to estabiish a house in West Philadeiphia. The Order of Poor Claresisa cloistered and contemplative order under the strict rule of St. Francis, and is subject to the Superior General of the Frantiscans at Rome. The editor of = religious paper in Nova Scotia cvidently has a large library, an_amiable dispo- sition, and a large coustituency of sdmiring friends. Thus does he speak concerning the books which his friends have borrowed: “The brethren who have books borrowed from the cditor, who have had them one year or more, will greatly oblige him by returning them at their carli¢st convenience. ~ He takes this meas- ure of making the request because le has not time to write to them all.” The carelessfellows who will thus take advantage of an editor’s good nature ought to be severely punched. The Anglican Bishops have lately taken up the question of pulpit exchanges with Noncon- formists. Their opinions are adverse to the practice. The Bishop of Manchester, in a recent sermon, said that he had been invited by a Non- conformist clerzyman of London to officiate in his pulpit and had declined. He did not believe that any good would come out of pulpit ex- cf between Churchmen and Nonconform- ists. Although called s Broad Churchman, he was not indifferent to the teachings of his Church. What ke would say to the Nonconformists was, “Go on your way and I will go on mine.” By gursulug this course_he thought the different epominations would best live in peace. The Bishop of Sydney, Australia, expressed about the same views at the time of his last Diocesan Synod. Of the 196_Congregational and Presbyterian churches of New Hampshire, 85 depend on mis- slonary aid. These churches furnish preaching to about 30,000 persons, one-tenth of the popu- lation of the State. Of the 185 towns In which the 196 chiurches stand, 116 are reported to have less population than they had 25 years ago. The New Hampshire Missionary Society employs in the State 50 missionaries, Whose congregations average 83 persons. Before the 9th of March, 1543, it was not law- ful in England for the common people to read the Bible In the English language. On that day the British Parliament passed an act declaring “ that it shall be lawful to all men to read the Bible and Testament in the mother tongue.” Although it is lawful in this couutry for every- body toread the Bible, a great. many people secm to keep their Bibles only to lookat, or else for the sake of respectability. Queer state of things among the Congrega- tlonalists of Vermont. - There are 196 Congre- gationalist churches in the State, only 64 of which have pastors. There are 57 ministers in the State who have no churches, The average membership of the chiurches is about 100, but, while therc are a few large and strong churches, the majority are both smiall and poor, and have toget slong in the best way they can, procur- ing, week by week, the ministerial services of any clergyman who may happen to pass that way. Mr. Leonard Woolsey Bacon, writing in the Christian_Union, suys that one of the most emi- neat of Englisk clergymen once . exclaimed to bim, with a ehug, sudden interpell ation, apro- pos of nothing that had goue before: * Mr. Ba- con, what does pussess your American Episco- palians to take on such monstrous airs when they come over to Eurnfiei Why, we in the Chureh of England think sometimes that we are entitled to carry our heads prety bigh; but hletss mxa! it is nothing to the style that they put on.” 1 The Eastern German Baptist Conference, which has just met in Baltimore, represents 44 Gourcies 1 Gapgoa, Gonuectiont, New York, and the adjacent States. The members number 4,000. There s also the Western German Bap- tist Confercnce, which represents 100 churches, as many ministers, and 4,000 members. The two conferences unite in o triennfal general conference, which has two chairs_in Rochester University, one of theology and onc of lan- guages, and has cstablished a Students’ Hall at Rochester, with a fund of $20,000. A call comes from Washington, D. C., for money to build 2 large church for colored peo- ple i that city. At least $20,000 are needed, and St, Mary's Ohurch (colored), Iu the Capital, have given, or will give, $5,000 of this sur. The Rector, the Rev. Alexander Crummell, ssys the common schools'of Washington have raised up a generation of colored youfil who have out- grown the crude and_tumultuous religious svs- tem of a former day. Hence he thinksit is nothing but an act of mercy for the Protestant. Episcopal Church to step iu front now with her chaste, sober, yet warm and elevating system, 1o mect the needs and to satisfy the stimulated eravings of these trained and anxious minds. The Detroit Methodist Episcopal Conference, at its late_session, adopted a report and resolu- tions declaring that there are “‘influences at work which have a tendency to drive Christiani- ty from” the Michigan State University, and calling attention tothe fact that the University Hall {3 used for dancing purposes. A local relig- ous paper of Michigan states its view of the case thus: ‘“The Christian scntiment of the State is overwhelmingly opposed to dancing, and es- pecially to dancibg under such couditions as must prevail at the University. We have not only sons but daughters there. They are away from their homes.” Whether people “will laugh at what they may call out bigotry or not, we object to measures being employed by the au- thorities of the institution to lead into practices we condemn.” The tendency to ran torward novelties and car- nal musements in_the carrving-on of the churches has worked mischict in certain quar- ters; but nowhere has there been an odder mix- ture of religion and frolic than in the nonde- seript concern known as the St. Stanislaus Polish Church, which appears to have beeu up- der the spiritual and_managerial charge of the Rev. Adulbertus Mielcusny. Some ministers make a specialty of their prayer-meetings, some of their choir-music, and some of some other department of h:li%lous industry; but the Rev. Adalbertus chose for bLis speciaity the euter- tainment of his flock, and the raising of money Dby means of entertainment to liquidate the church debt. The Presbyterian and Methodist rules against dancing were never enforeed in this charch. Iu fact, the pastor led the dancing as well as the devotion; probably better. Pas- tor and people danced, not wisely, but oo well. At all events, their dancing provoked criticism, as did the dancing of David before the ark. The trouble was that the ncighbors were an- noyed by it. They complained. The police took the saltatory church-members and their tor to the station-house, and the Rev. Adal- Dertus is now under bonds ko ansier the charge of keeping a disorderly house. These brethren will have to be less demonstrative when they carry on their amusements. ‘The Paris correspoudent of the PaRl Mall Ga- zette writes: “ With reference to the clergy, M. Francisque Sarcey gives some extracts irom a book called the ‘Sacre Ceeur de Jesus,” which has already reached its scventy-first edition, aud of which more than 603,000 copics hava been sold. The priest who has written this book points out, that the work of the Sacred Heart is a crusade, and that all who take part in it are chevaliers of & most holy order. “The weapons of the Sacred Heart are the image of the heart of Jesus, the scapular, the crucifix, the medal of the Virgin, and the chaplet. ‘The crudlix is the standard; gaze upon it ofien, sud press it respectfully to your lips. The image of the heart of Jesus is_the buckler, in- seribe it apon your miotto, and when you have to face the foe exclaim with holy zeal, “Avaunt! the hcart of Jesus is with me.' The scapular is the cuirass. Be faithful in donning this glo- rious livery. Mary will not allow you to die in mortal sin, apd you will e preserved from eternal punishment, The medal of the Im- maculate Conception is the decoration. Be roud of it, aud never cease exclaiming, ‘O, Mary, concelved without sin, pray for us who appeat to thee!? The chaplet is the artillery. By means of the chaplet the Christians have exterminated the most formidable enemies of the Church and of sodety.’ " PERSONAL. ‘The Rev. Dr. John Hall, of this city, has re- turned to his post after his visit to Ireland, where he was called by the death of his mother. The Brattle Square congregation of Boston have refused to accept the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Lothrop, who has been their pastor for more than 40 years. Mrs. Breckinridge, widow of the widely- known Rev. Dr. Breckinridge, is erecting, at* lier own expense, o Prespyterian Church upon the family estate, in Madison County, Ky. Mr. Spurgeon, the great Baotist preacher of London, lately went to Scotland torest. He had to be caréfully guarded from the incessant intrusions of those who wanted him to preach. As it was. he received 50 invitations to prescht in 13 days. The Rev. John DeWitt, who succeeds the Rey. Dr. Henry A. Boardman as pastor of the Tenth l’msr‘)itrflfln Chburch, Philadelphia, will be in- stalled Oct. 12. oardman, who has been pastor of the church for 40 years, will preach the sermon. The Old Congregational Unitarian Parish of Dorchester, Mass., now Boston, has called the Rev. S. G. Barrows to the_pulpit made vacant by the death of the Rev. Nathanfel Hole, The new pastor is 2 man of much travel and versa- tile talent. The Rev. Dr. Crooks, of the Methodist Church, has just completed a * Life of Dr. Jobn McClinock.” Dr. McClintock was for years the feading minister in his denomination. “That great Church will be glad to read the memorials of one so much beloved and so long honored among them. The Rev. Frederick Frothingham, a Harvard araduate of 1847, and formerly minister of the Unitarian Church of Buffalo, N. Y., is to be as- sociated minister with the Rey. Dr. Morison, of Milton, Mass,, apd he will begin his services there in October. Mr. Moody has preached during the past sum- mer st Greenfield, which is near Northfield, Mass., bis summer home. Some of the citizens of Greenfleld segl hk“?‘ 8a¥5 thed anbzlun Cang:;z-— gationalist, ““a check for a considerable sum, in grateful L'cnnsidemlon of his labors. He promptly returned it, saying be went among them for the love of it and not for the money.” ‘The fifticth aoniversary of the scttlement of the Rev. Dy. W. W. Blanvelt as pastor of the 0ld Lamington Church in the Presbytery of New Brunswick, N. J., was cclebrated on'the bth of August, both religiously and socially, by services fn church, and by an ¢ntertainment ioa large tent. About 1,000 persons were present, and some of them came a hundred miles to rove their attachment to the saactuary of their fathers. In 1733 the old Presbptery of New Brunswick was organized, and in 1739 it _separ- ated from the Phfidelpnh Synod on account of sympathy with the revival movement of White- deld and the Tenncnts. At this time the Old Lamington Church was founded, and the Rev. Jantes McCrea, father sf Jane McCrea,the victim of Indian crueity, was pastor from 1740 to 1766 ‘The friends of the late Dr. Butcher, Bishop of Meath, Ireland, who committed suicide a few weeks ago, intend to found a memorial profes- ;m‘shxg m lté'e Ef‘;’img&xsgflgll_fil;hc Church of reland, Wwill be called **The Butch: rial Professorship.” i Canon Liddon preached strongly n St. Paul’ London, Aug. 13, against the atrocities of t:x'z Turks in Bulgarfa and the complicity of Great Britain in the matter by siding with Tarkcy. He said that it was time for the people to say whether the race which had ever been the same in character should rivet the bonds of millions, who, with al] their imperfections, had the same right as Englishmen to freedom. The Rev. Ransom B. Welch, of Union College, has been elected to the Chair of Theology in Auburn Theological Seminary. Prof. Welch is in the prime of life, and has aiready attained a wide reputation as a profound thinker and an able writer. He has been especially noted for his articles on stience and faitn, and is without question one of the leading minds in those branches of knowledge in the country. The story that Sittine Bull was a convert of Fatber de Smet, and was taught. by him to read and speak French, is spoiled by the Catholic Jte- view, which has Fathe de Smet’s papers relating to the Indians, containing an account of the only time he met the Sioux Chief. It was in June, 1865, when the priest was sent as a peace missfoner to the_tribes under his leadership. Bad he ever seen him before he would certain- 1y have mentioned it. And an Incident which completely upsets the theory of conversion {s Father de'Smet’s delight to ind in the village & venerable old Chiet who wore on his_breast a worp copper crucifix which he bad received from the pricst 20 years before, and which, says the latter, “was the ouly religious emblem in that Indian camp.” fThis old” man recelved Chris~ tian_instrucyions and the sacrament of baptism {from Father de Smet. _Certainly, if Sitting Bull had ever been converted, be would have been mentionedas particularly as thisunnamed Chief. ‘This was De Smet’s last” visit in thas section of country. BREVITIES. Why was the 1st of Scptember like the traus- gression of Adam? Because it was the begin ning of the fall, When a young Hebrew begins the study of grammar he realizes the force of the expression, “To your tense, oh, Israell”—~that is to say, it he is in the mood. “It is easior for 0 camel togo through the knee of an idol than fora rich manto enter heaven,” is the interpretation which 2 colored preacher gave to the Seriptures. A little five-year-old, of Dorchester, some- what surprised his_mother a few days since with the remark: “God is everywhere, He is all Eve‘h,r’ne, and when you spank me you spank o It is depressing to faith to have a boy come around your premises whistling some good Sun- day-school tune like “What Shall the Harvest Be?” and soon after discover him stealing your grapes. A returned missiénary, who escaped froma Fiji fattening pen, into which ie had been lured by & message from a dying native, speaks in terms of unchristian bitterness of his perfijis treatment by the unregenerate pagans. A little four-ycar-old girl, having been in- structed that the augels were clothed in white, surprised her parents by the remark, after a re- cent shower followed by fleecy clouds, that the angels were banging out their clothes to dry. A bright little girl of this city, the day before the metting of the Confcrence,’ in greut glee, told one of her little chums that **Mamma is going to have s hired girl during Conference ek, and there will be lots of confidence men in town then."—Jiles Repullican. A Tartford preacher said in a sermon last Sunday, ** Most Christians hate a contribution box worse than they do the devil.” No doubt; beeause they can escape the devil by going to church, but in that very act of flight they run plump aguinst the inevitable contribution box. ‘We are not very realistic in our taste, nor are we disposed to be hypercritical, but we cannot help protesting that the artist who painted ¢ the tinding of Moses,” now on exhibition at the Centennial, had no #ood reason for encasing the fect of the infaut Moses in a pair of coppe: toed shoes. St. Joseph Herald: Nothing undermines one’s faith in & man’s liberality to the church so much as to se¢ him run his kands down in his - pockets when he sees the eontribution box tray- cling his way, then look astonished and remark to the person smiug next to him, *“Ihave got on my other pants.? An old colored preacher in this city was lee- turing a youth of his fold about the it of danc- ing, when the Intter protested that the Bible plalaly sud " Ther is » time to duce. 1+ Yos, ar am a time to dance,” gaid the dark divine, “and it’s when a boy gits a whinpin’ for gwine to a ball."— Atlanta Times. Little Jobuuy has peculiar views as to orig- inal sin. One day he was abont to be punished for some misdemcanor, when he pleaded: “It wasn’t me, mamma dear—it was the Lad man.” “Well, Jolnny, ' golng to whip the bad man out of you.” “Ah, ves, but that’ll burt me 8 preciots lot morc than it wil) the bad man.” The tobacco-sworm is pestering the farmers of Elkton, Ky., and the attendance at church is slim. “The following conundrum bas found its way Into print: “If so small a thing as a ill keep a professed follower of Christ away from church, how large a thing would it take to keep Lim’out of the kingdom of heaven?” A Dttle miss, writing to her father on the first day of her entrance at bDnrding-schoald says: “The first evening we had prayers, an then sioging, and a passing round of bread, which I _did not take, because, not being con- firmed, I thought 1 had no right to take com- munion. Afterward I learncd that I had lost my supper.” Charles Francis Adams fs the gentleman who £o impressed the little girl known in history. Mr. Adams visited the child’s mother, it will be remembered. The little one was _so afraid that she hid under the table. When Mr. Adams had departed she went up to her mother and asked in & voice heavy with awe, ““Ma, was that Dod#" —Rochester Democrat. Deadbeading, as it is called, ought to be abol- ished. Itisanuisance. It was once ved by a certain “mine host” in this wi A preacher desired that a deduction should be made from his board-bill on account of his “cloth.”” The host replied: “Friend, I have observed thee. Thou hast caten as a sinner and thou must pay as a sinner.” “Well, uncle how is the causc of relizion getting on in your neighborhood?” * Mighty poor—mighty poor.” “No new converts, i’ * Not asingle onc—not de sign of one.” ** What scems to be the matter?” askedthe citizen after a lengthy pause. *‘De matter is dat some one hez stolen four big watcrmelons out o’ my cart. dis afternoon, an’ I feel in my bones dat religion is gwine down bill all roo dis locality.” CHURCH SERVICES. EPISCOPAL. The Rev. Henry G. Perry will preach at All Saints’ Church, corner North Carpenter and Ohio streets, morning and evening. i —There will be kervices morning and_evening at at the Church of Our Savior, comer Belden and Lincoln aventes. —The Rev. B. A-Rogers will preach at the Church of the Epiphany, Throop, between Monroe and Adams atreets, ut 10:30 8. m. ; and at7:30 p. m. the rite of confirmation will be administered by Bishop McLoren. —The Rev. Dr. Walker will preachat St. 3fark’s Church, corner Cottage Grove avenue and Thisty- sixth street, ut 10:30 8. m. —The Rev. Dr. Samuel S. Harria will preach at St. James’ Church, corner Cass and Huron streets, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. Dr. Cushman will preach st St Stophen's Church, Johnson, between Tyler and Twelfth strets, morning. —fThe Rev. Dr. Locke will preach at Grace Church, Wabash avenue, near Slxteenth street, st 11a m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. Francis Mansfield will preachat the Charch of the Atonement, corner West Washina- ton and Robey streets, at 10:30 a. m. sad . m p-Bilhop AcLaren will preach at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, corner Washington and Peoria streets, a1 10:30 8. m. and 7:30 p. ™. —The Kev. Arthar Ritchie will preach at the Chaurch of the Ascension, cormer Elm and LaSalle streets, at 10:45a, m. and 7:30p. m. —The Rev. E. Sullivan will preach at Trinity " Church, Michigan avenue, corner Twepty-sixth street, at 10:45 4. m. on ** Evangelicsl Ritualism, snd at 7:45 p. m. on **The Worth of the Soal.” —The Rev. J. S. Smith will preach at Calvary Church, Warren avenue, between Oakley street snd Western avence, morning and evening. —The Rev. Dr. D. F. Warren will preach at St. Mark's Church, Cottage Grove avenue, corner Thirty-sixth street, st10:30 4. m. 3nd 7:30 p. W The Rev. G. W. Morrill wm&mlch at the Chorch of the Holy Communion, Deazborn, between Twen- ty-ninth and Thirtieth streets, at 10:45 8. m. and 45 p. m. 7 REPORMED EPISCOPAL. The Rev. Dr. Cooper will presch morning and eveningat Immanuel Chusel, corner Centré and Dayton strects. —The Rev. W, E. Williamson will preach at the Churchof the Good Shepherd, corner Joues and Homan streets, at 10:45 u. m. and 7:45p. m. —Bishop Fallows will preach at St. Paul's Church, corner Washington and, Ann streets, at a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Evening subject: Christian Egotism, —~The Rev. R. H. Boaworth will preach morning and evening at Emanuel Church, corner Hanover and Twenty-eighth streets, morning and evening, and for the Trinity Congregational at the Baptist Church, Englewood, at 3:30 p. m. Bishop Chieney will presch at Christ Church, Michigan avenue and 7wenty-fourth streety ot 45 p. m. BAPTIST . The Rev. N. F. Ravlin will preach at the Free- will Charch, ‘corner Jackson and Loomis streets, morning und evening. Morning subject: **The Burning Up of the ileavens and the Earth, at Christ’s Second Coming, Explained in Accordance with Reacon and Common Sense. ™" —The Rev. W. S. Hamlin will preach at the Hal- sted Street Curch at 7:30 0. 1a. on **The Sacred iver." ~—The Rev. W. J. Eermott will preach at 10:45 a. m. and the Rev. James Goodman at 7:30 p. m. st the Hyde Park Church. —The Rev. D. B. Chenéy will preach at the Uni- versity Place Church, Douglas, opposite Rhodea- avenue, at11 4. m., and the Rev. E. C. Mitchell will préach at 7:45 p. m. ~The Rev. R. C. Ray will presch at4:30 this afternoon in the open air near the corner of State and Twenty-fifth strects, and in the Twenty-ifth Strect Church, a8 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. E. C. Mitchell preach at the Fonrth Church, corner of Washington and Paulina streets, at 10:30 a, m., and the Rev. D. B. Cheney at:7:30 p.m, The Rev. Jobu Donnelly will preach at the Baptist Charch, Englewood, at 10:30 a. m. and 7350 p. m.,_ Evening subject: *‘Lesson of the Centennial Exposition.” —The Rev. J, W. Custls will preach at the Mich- izan_Avenuc Church, near Twenty-third street, ot 10:45 8. m. and 7:45p. m. —The Rev. Dr. Galusha Anderson will preach at the Second Church, corner of 3onroe and Morgan streets, at 10:30 2. m.jand 7:45 p. m. —The Rev.J. D. Burr will preach at Immannel Chureh, 290 Orchard street, at 10:45 a. m. LUTAERAN. The Rev. Edmund Belfour will preach at the En- glish Evangelical Church, corner North Dearborn and Erie stroets, at 11 8. m. s0d 7:30 p. m. UNIVERSALIST- , 3 The Rev. Sumner Ellis will preach _this morning at the Church of the Redeemes, corner Washington and Sanzamon streets. —The Kev. Dr. Ryder will preach morning snd evening at St. Paul's Chucch, Michigun avenue, near Eighteenth strect. Vesper service in the evening. —The Rev. J. Straub will preach to the Third Church congregation in the hall corner Indians av- euue and Thirty-first street, at 10:45 a. m., on **The Common Weaith of Christianity." UNITARIAN. The Rev. J. T. Sunderland will preach at the Fourth Church, corner Prairie avenue und Thirti- cthstrect, at10:45 a. m., on **The Coming of Moody and Sankey as an Instrumentality of Reach- ing the Massen. ™ —The Rev. Brooke Herford will preach morning and evening at the Church of the Messiah, corner Michigan avenue and ‘Twenty-third street. —Thae Rev. Robert Collyer will preach at Unity Church, North Dearborn strect and Washington square, in the morning, on **The Drift of the Im- pending Revival. » - —The Rev. E. P. Powell will preach at the Third Church, corner Monroe and Lafiin streets, 2t 10:30 & m., on ‘*The Conservatives and Radicals in Council,” and at 7:30 p. m. on the ‘* Economy of Virtue. ™ NEW JERUSALEM. The Rev. Dr. Hibbard will preach at New Church Hall, corner of Eightcenth street and Prairic_ave- nue,'at 11a. m., and at the Temple, corner Ogden avenue and Washington strect, at 3:30 p. m. CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. Willism Alvin Bartlett will preside at the children's service of Plymouth Caurch, Michi- an avenue, between Twenty-ffth and Twenty- sixth streets. at 10:30 8. mw., and preach his fare- well sermon at 7:40 p. m. —The Rev. George H. Peeke will preach at the Leavitt Street Caurch, corner Adama strect, morn- ing and cvening, —The Rev. 'I'. S. Holbrook will preach at Onk- Iand Church, corner Oukwood boulevard and Cot- tage Grove avenue, at 10:45a. m. and 7:40 p. m. —The Rev. . N. Vandervcer will preach at the Union Park Church, corner of Ashland avenuc ana ‘Waushington street, at 10:30 . 1. and 7:45 p. m. —The Rev. L. T. Chamberlain will preach at the New Englund Church, corner of Delaware place und North Deatborn street, morning and cvening. —The Rev. George B. Lynch will preach in the colored Central Congregational Church, Third avenue, between Ylarrizon and Van Loren streets, at$p. m. and 7:30 p. m. PRESDYTERLAN. The Rev. J. H. Waler will preach morning and evening at the Reunion Church, on West Four- teenth strect, near Throop. s ~—The Rev. David G. Burrell will preach st the Westminster Church, corner of West Jackdon and Peoria streets, at 10:30 2. m., on ** Gettinz Beady for Moody and Sunkey,” and ut 7:43 p. m. on ** Pare und Undedied Kelizion.” = Charles L. Thompson will®preach at the Fifth Church, Indiana avenue and Thirtieth street, st 10:30 2. m., on ** Pitchers, Lamps, and Trumpets,” and at.7:30 p. m. on ** Conviction of Sin." —“The Rev. John N. Freeman will preach st the Fourth Charch, corner Rush and Superior sireets, 2t10:452. m. and 7:30 p. m. 2 —Prof. J. T. Hyde will prescn at the Eighth Church, corner Washington and Robey_streets, at 10:30a, m., and the Rev. H. M. Paynter will preach in the evening, —The Rev. J. Monto Gibson will preach at the Second Church, corner of Michigan avenue and Twentieth street, at 10343 o m. and 7:30 p. m. he Rev. Henry T. Miller will preach at the Sixth Church, corner of Vincennes und Oak sve- nues, 8t 10:45w. m. Subject: Morning, **Some- thing thatis to Endure.” Mra. S. J. Rhea will 1l the pulpit in the evening. ~—The Rev. James Maclanghlan will preach at the Scotch Church, corner of Sungamon and Adamus streets, morning and eveping. - Evening subject: **Mr, Prussing's Views of the Bible,” METHODIST. The Rev. S. H. Adams will preach at Centenary Charch, Monroe near Morgun street, morning and cvening, Subject in the evening: ** Life: lts Mystery and Duty. " —The Rev. Dr. Williamson will preach at the ‘Wabash Avenue Charch, corner Fourteenth atreet, atlla. m. on **The Least and Greatest that is Demanded by the Church of Every Member," and #t7:30 p. m. on ** Dancing-Schools and Balls.” —The Rev. M. M. Parkhurst will preach at Park Avenue (corner of Robey) Church in the morning, the Rev. W. LI SFeucer in the ufternooon, and the Rev. N. A. Axtell iu the cvening, on the **Sepoy Rebellion. —The Rev. William C. Willing will Langley Avenue Charch, corner of ' street, at10:45a. m, and 7:45 p. m. Subjects: Morni ** Thy Maker iy Thy Husband™; even- Good Common Seus T'he Rev. Mr. Axtell will preach at the Michi- gan Avenue Church, near Thitty-second street, in ‘the inorning, and the pastor in ihe evening. —The Rev. Dr. Tiffany will preach at Trinity Cuurch, ‘Indiana avenge, nesr Twenty-fourth siregt, 3 0:45 0. m, and 720 p. m, —The Rev. John Atkinson will preack at Grace Charch, cornerof North LaSalle and White streets, at10:30a. m. and 7:45 p. m. Evening subject: ‘A Memorial Sermon on_ the Death of the Late Bishop Janes. —'be Rev. R. D. Sheppard will preach at West- ern_Avenue Church, corner of Monroe street, at 10:30 % m. Suoject: ‘*The Keligious Cim- paign; a Lesson {rom the Politicians.™ N —rlie Rev. Dr. Jewett will preach st the First Church, corner of Clark and Washington streets, at10:45 0. 1. and 7:30 p. m. Subjects: Moroing, +*The Universal Diffusion of Christionitys" even- g, **Every Man Reepousible for His Creed. ™ ZThe Rev, R. 8. Cantine will preach at Fulton Strect Charch ut 10:50 8. m, and 7:30 p. m. Sub- jects, moming, ‘*The Christian Watchword; > evening, **'The Way to Heaven.” CHRISTIAN. The Rev. Enowles Shaw will preach at the Firast Church, corner of indinna avenue and Twenty- fifth street, morning and_evening; and at Camp- Vell Hall, corner of Van Buren street and Camp- bell avenue, at3p. m. MISCELLANEOUS. Mies Cora L. V. Tappan will lectare in the New Citicago Theatre at $:0 p. m. on the **Life and Services of Andrew Jackson Davis and the Harmo- nial Philosophy.™ —Christians will meet at 3 p. m. in the chapel at 315 West Chicago avenue. —The Progressive Lyceum will meet at Grow's Hall, 517 West Madison street, at 12:30. The Rev. H. G. McCullouch will preach in Advent Church, 91 South Green street, morning und evening. —Dr. il." P. Fairfield will lectare before the First Soclety of Sviritualists at Grow’s Hall, 517 Madison street, at 10:45 2. m. and 7:45 p. @, —The Disciples of Christ meet at 220 West Ran- dolph street ui 4 p. m. —Lenjamin Franklin will be in attendance at the Friends' mveting, Twenty-sixth strcet, between Indians aud Prarie avenues, at 10:30 a. m. —Mr. D. W. Whittle wil] preach at the Taber- nacle Charch, cormer of Morgan and Indiana streets, morning and evening. —Mr. Thomas Wilson, editor of Our Rest, will preach at Amity Church 4t 10:30 a. . on **'Spir- itualism Exposed by the Light of the Bible.” —The Rev. H. 8. Mills will preach at the Wash- ingtonian Home 343 p. m. : —There will be 2 Friends’ meeting at 10 p. m. at Room 20 Methodist Church Block, corner of Clark a0d Washington strcets. CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. Sept. 24—Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity. Sept. 29—5t. Michael and All Angels. CATHOLIC. Sept. 24—Sixteenth Sunday after Penticoat; B, V. . de Mercede, or Our Lady of Ran- s0m. Sept. 25—The Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi (from Sept. 17). 26-§S. Cyprian and Justina, 3L 27_SS. Cyvmos and Damian, M3 25-5t. Wenceslaus, Doke, M. Sept. 29—St. 30§ preach at R Michael, Archangel. erome, C. D. —— An_ impecunions Cohoes doctor advises his friends to throw their peach-pits on the side- walk, a8 many cases of apoplexy bave been caused by the exertion of throwing them into the street,—Broukiyn Argus. 13 THE GAME OF CHESS Crzss Dmzerory.—Chicago Chess Club, Nos. 63 and 65 Washington street; open from9 & m. ta 10p. m. Cheas players meet daily at the Tremont 'flou:’z (Exchange) and the Shermsn Honse (Base- ment). All communications intended for this de; ent s‘l_izx':ll;:a"nddmud to Tux TRIBONE, and indorsed ‘TO CORRESPONDENTS. **E. B.”—Your poaition bas & solation by 1..Ef toR7. 5 **C. A. P.”—Of ail the many variations ir Probe lem No. 42, that arising from Black 1..Pto K5 it the simplest. The continustion s 2..Q takes ¥ ch, ete. **M. E. D."—Yon can obtain rubber stamp setg" of chess-men, for recording positions of games, problems. etc.. of Alex Page & Co., 118 Mouros strect, Chicago. Correct_solution to Problem No. 43 received from E. S. Watts, G. S. Powell. W. H. O E. Barbe, W. Howard Hall, C. Dreier, N. B, R. W. Eoff, and E. R. B., city; J. E. Robinson, Winona, Minn. ; C. B., Austin, 11l Correct solution te Enigma No. 4 received from R. W. Eoft, W. I Ovington, G. S. Powell, E. S. Watts, city. J. Shoesbrum, E. Barbe, and E. R. B., 4% A Black Bishop should be added st KR 2, in Problem No. 44, o prevent a solation different from the author's. In Enigma No. 5 oneof the Black Rooks s Indednitely locuted. *“*BR sq™ should have been K R »q. PROBLEM NO. 45. BY MR W. A, SHINKMAX. Black~ e //Z » /Zg//y /f% 222 Z i - ‘White. White to ploy and mate in three moves. ENIGMA NO. 6. BY XR. GEORGE E. CARPESTER. Wrrre—King ot Q Kt 6; R at KKt 3; Bishops ¥ EKtSand Qi Pawnsai KD 4, K2'QT 4, and t 2. Biack—King st K 5; Pawn at K B 4. Whife to play sd mate in three moves, SOLUTION TO PROBLEX NO. 43 White, Black. KWKE 1K to K4 (dest) K PtoQ3 taBech 3..E moves 4..F to B 4 mats SOLUTION TO ENIGMA NO. 4. White. Black. Btok3 LBtk P toR8 2..Kor B moves mates CHESS IN CHICAGO. The following game was played at the Chicaga Chess Clab between txvo strong players. SCOTCH GAXDIT. White-Mx. Y. Black—3(x. 0. POK4 1.Plok+ KRttoB3 2 QKttoBs FtoQ4 kes BtoG B4 PloQR3 A 0 QL5 P takes P KitoQB3 Castien &mtg(h) 1o £ 10 55 s £ to Q Ke3 (c) QtoQsa takes B Ke () Rt P lakes B Rt to K K4 Fo 0 QBT (e) Q tak € takvs P ch R0 t takes QP Q1o Q: 0K 3 Cch K50 wQGBY 0Q WK RS B3 BSiia to o Retd takes Kt 10Q 310 K B4 P 1o K RioKB4 B kel £ takes (a) The position is now identical witha well- Enown variation of the Ginocy Plano, (1) Intending, probably, on the advauce of the K B P to piay @ Kt takes Q P, sfter retirinyg the Dishoj e &tflmp\fle foil to his adversary's intention: 1d) B takes Q P looks tempting, but wonld salt in the losa of Bishop und Knight for Rook snd Pawn. n(e)" ‘Au ingenious snd sound sacrifice. One of a geries of games by postal-card betweep Measra. Page and Henschel, both of this city. MUZIO GAMEIT. White—ME. A. PAGE. luck—¥z. A. HXNICHRT, 1. 4 [ L.PLE4 E P takes P PloK {33 g 5 e L 3 5 - 55 ) g 18 {a) Paulsen’s move, Q to K B 4, la stronger. (b) Up to this puint the game ou both sides is played according to the ** andbook.” Stannton plays 12..Q Kt to @ 5 for the defcnse, bat wakes the attack win. (¢} The winning coup. CHESS IN PHILADELPHIA. Below i the record of the secoud game between Messrv. Elson and Ware fu the recent foumsment at Philadelphia. IRREQULAR OFENING. Thlte~ME. WasE. PloQs wos . tueall Ptakes 5 1 wiks ERgan 18..B P takes ¥ 19..BoB3 20..BloKt 3 SWK2 takes P Lo Kt 4 Btakes B takes B wBh2 kB oW D4 T 26..KRtoQuq 27.QKkt1oQ2 wQB4 %.‘Exwfl"s El.lk!l]‘ 29..Quakes B whe = E B2 takes Q ch R takes Q 0B g PO K RioK: w Kt KwKy ks o R RioBe Sk Bk & 4 Biortd -Rto KtoB4 o Blok s w0 BwkKea 10 K1 HioBs wh RioB2 wK1 BloK ag toB RwBy o X RwBa wkKte P takes P tuken P B Keta wKt2 Brolt ek Blokis WRKLE Lo Q6cen K takes ¢ takes P RwBs WK FLR3 tloQ & RtoB3 it to B2 X takes RO) kX t takes € HwBs K wQz Kiabs ., By ,.Pto Kt 4 6U. P takes P K takes P 6l..KttoQ & Blufi‘l 62 Kt K2 KwRtS 3. w%a Etole 64..Ktwbs -Btalis 6. PloQRe BoQz 5. PRt S P takes P 67..1F takes P BwKq GiPKLS BwBs 69..Kt to Kt 5 sad wins (a) Rto K2 would probably have drawn; tbis loses. (b) Best. 1f anything else, then Kt to B & with & winaing position. 2 e An English Excitement. Forest Hill, England, was the scene of much excitement receutly, owing to an advertise- ment in a morning paper stating that a domes- ticated young lady was wanted **to assist a lady in her household, to tske the place of & lost niece, and receive all her advantages sad 'y m: ge-portion, and future provision in life, with a comfortable home.” An early train brought down some thirty or{nrltfl elegantly- dressed young women, Dearly traveling Brst—class, and the pumber ol ng&limnu during the first day is estimated at A similar number came on the following day, and upward of 180 Jetters were received by post- It appears that the advertisemens was pructically for 3 mald-ol-all work.